Luka Doncic played his first game against the Dallas Mavericks since being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers and was able to take the victory 107-99. After the game, Doncic and Kyrie Irving embraced each other with their special handshake and ended it with a hug.

The Lakers bested the Mavericks by a score of 107-99 and moved to 35-21 on the season. They currently occupy the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference at one game ahead of the Houston Rockets in the loss column, though both teams are 10.5 games behind the first-place Oklahoma City Thunder .